By Bernardo Espinalt Garcia
Madrid   Antonio Fernandez
6" by 4" [4] 347 [5]; [4] 395 [5]; [1] 300, [4]; 274 [4]; 344, [4]; 388, [8]; 332; [5] 256; [4] 347pp
A very scarce set of Spanish Atlantean works by Bernardo Espinalt Garcia, giving geographical, historical, and chronological descriptions of 18th century Spain.
By Bernardo Espinalt Garcia

1779-87 Atlante Espanol Descripcion General de Todo el Reyno de Espana

Madrid   Antonio Fernandez
6" by 4" [4] 347 [5]; [4] 395 [5]; [1] 300, [4]; 274 [4]; 344, [4]; 388, [8]; 332; [5] 256; [4] 347pp
A very scarce set of Spanish Atlantean works by Bernardo Espinalt Garcia, giving geographical, historical, and chronological descriptions of 18th century Spain.
£2,900.00
: 5kgs / : 805J18

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Description

Folding Maps, Folding Plates, Leather Binding, Rebound, Scarce

A fascinating and very scarce set of eighteenth-century geographical, historical, and chronological descriptions of the kingdom of Spain. 

In the original Spanish.

Nine volumes from a fourteen volume set. 

Written by Spanish geographer Bernardo Espinalt Garcia. This is considered his best and most famous work. 

This set contains the following:
Volume II, Part I, Reynos Aragon y Mallorca. Containing twelve folding plates, collated and complete. 
Volume III, Part II, Reynos Aragon y Mallorca. Containing six folding plates, collated and complete. 
Volume V, Part II, El Principado de Cataluna. Containing two folding plates, collated and complete. 
Volume VII, Part IV, El Principado de Cataluna. Containing four folding plates, collated and complete.
Volume VIII, Part I, Descripcion Del Reyno De Valencia. Containing seven folding plates, collated and complete.
Volume IX, Part II, Descripcion Del Reyno De Valencia. Containing four folding plates, collated and complete.
Volume XI, Description Del Reyno De Cordoba. Containing six folding plates, collated and complete.
Volume XII, Part II, En Que Se Concluye El Reyno De Cordoba, Y Empieza de Jaen. Containing nine folding plates, collated and complete.
Volume XIII, Part III, En Que Se Concluye El Reyno De Cordoba, Y Empieza de Jaen. Containing two folding plates, collated and complete.

Condition

Uniformly bound in full calf. Externally, shelf wear, rubbing, and scuffing to the boards, particularly to volume 8. Chipping to the spine labels on volumes 2, 5, 7, and 12. Internally, hinges tender to volumes 2, 3, and 12. Front pastedown has lifted in volume 7. Remaining binding is tight. Worming to volume 7 from the front free-endpaper to page 98. Worming to volume 12 from the front free-endpaper to page 22. Worming to volume 13 the front free-endpaper to page 84. Some light spotting to the fore-edges, and the odd spot and handling mark to the pages, particularly to volume 2.

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